Elementary - Dossier Unit 12

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Lifestyle Intermediate Unit 11

CONTENTS

1. Strategic vocabulary

. pg 2

2. Present Continuous

. pg 3

3. Present Continuous or Present Simple

. pg 5

4. What do you call it?

. pg 7

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VOCABULARY

1. Match the vocabulary to the sentences on the right.

1) decrease

2) flight attendant

3) have a break

4) have a good time

5) have a walk

6) increase

7) jet-lagged

8) rise

9) stopover

a) When people enjoy something, they ______________

b) When fares go up, they ________

c) A ______________ looks after passengers on a plane

d) When you are tired you need to _______________

e) When sales go down, they ________

f) The place where a plane stops during a journey is a

______________

g) In the evenings, I usually _______________ in the park nextto my house.

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h) When indicators go up, they ____________

i) ______________ is the feeling of being tired after a long

plane journey.

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Structure

Affirmative

SUBJ + am / is / are + -ING

Ex Hes waiting for his flight

Negative

SUBJ + am not / isnt / arent + -ING

Ex He isnt waiting for his flight

Questions

Ex Is he waiting for his flight?

Short answers

Yes, SUBJ + am / is / are

No, SUBJ + am not / isnt / arent

Ex Is he waiting for his flight? Yes, he is or No,

he isnt

Use

1. Actions happening now or around now

Im waiting for my flight

Were working here in Denver for a week

2. Present trends

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The number of passengers is rising.

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS

or PRESENT SIMPLE?

PRESENT SIMPLE

SUBJ + base form (-s)

ExIplaytennis very well

Heplays tennis very

well

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

SUBJ + am / is / are + -ING

ExI am playing tennis

these days

She is playing tennisthese days

Use

1 Something that is

always true, habits or

routines

I workfrom 9 to 5 every day.

I dontoften watch TV

How often do you write reports?

Use

1 For actions happening

now and around now.

Please, be quiet. I am working

We arent watching TV this

evening

Whatare you writing now?

There are some verbs that we do not usually use in their

continuous form:

Believe

Depend

Forget

Hate

Know

Like

Love

Mean

Need

Prefer

Remember

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Want

I needto go to the office now Im needing to go to the

office now

Doyou wantit now? Are you wanting it now?

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WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

I am looking for this thing, you know, this big bottle

that contains water. What do you call it?

Ah!You meanthe water dispenser.

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